Comments posted by XTCrefugee from United Kingdom, May 16, 2005:
Now that discs with the excellent Fuji dye are becoming impossible to get, I'v been forced to try other makes. After a very bad batch of DataWrite MCC discs (over 50% failure rate) I thought I'd go for these older (G4) Ritek discs.

Unfortunately, I've had mixed results. Out of 40 discs total, I've had 14 bad ones. No failed burns unlike the MCC discs, but the bad discs have a very bad speed graph in CD Speed, and when performing the speed test in my Pioneer DVD-ROM (not writer), these bad discs often have uncorrectable errors. My Cyberhome 505 also has problems playing them. The rest of the discs with a good graph are fine.

For this price, I guess this error rate isn't too bad for some people, but I prefer reliable burns.

Burnt with Lite-On LDW-851SX at 4x Burning reliability is Poor. PC reliability is Mixed. DVD reliability is Poor. Media color is White. Media text is printable. Media package type is Cake Box. Number of discs 25. Media made in Taiwan. Authoring/Burning comments:DVD shrink, Nero Does not work on JVC HR-XVC33U

Comments posted by will block from United Kingdom, December 14, 2004:
Bought a 25 spindle of these as a last resort as I needed some to backup data, accidentally burned a DVD at 16x on one, suprisingly it worked like a charm, im my cheap philips dvd player. Ill try some more and see if i was just very lucky. but so far great media.

Comments posted by Dunk from United Kingdom, December 01, 2004:
After having great success with the Yellow Datawrites and other Riteks with the G04 dye I bought some of these. They burn OK at 4X but the error graphs in DVDinfopro are terrible. I would avoid these media. It may have been a bad batch but why take chances.

Comments posted by Mette from Sweden, September 08, 2004:
I used to buy these blanks, since they worked fine. But my last purchase was a disaster! About every 2nd disc resulted in bad burn.
DVD Decrypter said:
Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 15 - Tracking Servo Failure

Comments posted by suffolk spider from United Kingdom, April 26, 2004:
Bought these from www.blankdisc.co.uk as they use Ritek G04 dye and Ritek (but NOT RiDisc) are included in Optorite's Recommended Media list. Sadly my DD0201 writer wouldn't even recognise the disks so I had to return them for a refund.

Comments posted by Ghandi from United States, February 09, 2004:
Have narrowed down the incompatibility problem with the Toshiba SD520E.
Media only works in Toshiba SD520E if burned at 2x (with LiteOn 811S). If burned at 4x it won't work. So RecordNow will probably be ok if writing speed is set set to MIN. I don't want another coaster so I won't be checking that. I'll just keep using DVD Decrypter, where you can set the exact speed you want rather than MIN, MID, or MAX, as in RecordNow